Chelsea make the journey throughout London on Sunday as they lock horns with rivals Tottenham Hotspur within the Premier League.
The Blues scored 4 on their final journey to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, with Nicolas Jackson’s hat-trick downing nine-man Spurs. That was their fourth victory of their final 5 away visits on this fixture and Enzo Maresca’s aspect favourites to clinch one other triumph on Sunday afternoon.
Chelsea enter the weekend’s duel in sturdy kind, successful all 4 of their outings because the November worldwide break. Premier League victories over Leicester Metropolis, Aston Villa and Southampton have seen the Blues shut the hole on league leaders Liverpool to seven factors. With the Merseyside derby postponed this weekend, they will apply strain on the Reds.
Tottenham confirmed their high quality in a thrashing of Manchester Metropolis a number of weeks again however have since endured a attribute tough patch. Attracts with Roma and Fulham on dwelling soil had been adopted by a massively underwhelming defeat at Bournemouth in midweek. Ange Postecoglou is beginning to face backlash from the membership’s supporters after one other disappointing run.
Right here is 90min’s information to Sunday’s London derby.
Tottenham vs Chelsea H2H Report (Final 5 Video games)
Present kind (all competitions)
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Tottenham |
Chelsea |
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Bournemouth 1-0 Tottenham – 05/12/24 |
Southampton 1-5 Chelsea – 04/12/24 |
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Tottenham 1-1 Fulham – 01/12/24 |
Chelsea 3-0 Aston Villa – 01/12/24 |
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Tottenham 2-2 Roma – 28/11/24 |
Heidenheim 0-2 Chelsea – 28/11/24 |
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Man Metropolis 0-4 Tottenham – 23/11/24 |
Leicester 1-2 Chelsea – 23/11/24 |
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Tottenham 1-2 Ipswich – 10/11/24 |
Chelsea 1-1 Arsenal – 10/11/24 |
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Nation |
TV channel/stay stream |
|---|---|
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United Kingdom |
Sky Sports activities Principal Occasion, Sky Sports activities Premier League, Sky Extremely HD, Sky GO, Sky GO Additional, NOW TV |
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United States |
fuboTV, nbcsports.com, NBC Sports activities App, Telemundo Deportes En Vivo, USA Community, Telemundo |
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Canada |
fuboTV Canada, Fubo Sports activities Community Canada |
Tottenham had been dealt one other defensive damage blow on Thursday night as Ben Davies was withdrawn within the second half clutching the again of his leg. The Welsh defender, who had been filling in for the injured Micky van de Ven, can be unavailable this weekend.
In higher information, there’s a probability that Cristian Romero returns to the lineup on the weekend. Postecoglou has confirmed that the Argentinian defender is again in crew coaching and may very well be concerned in opposition to Chelsea in some capability, with Davies’ damage maybe fast-tracking his comeback.
Guglielmo Vicario remains to be lacking in objective and can be changed by veteran Fraser Forster, whereas Rodrigo Bentancur continues to serve his seven-match home suspension. Wilson Odobert, Richarlison and Mikey Moore are out of motion as properly.
Tottenham predicted lineup vs Chelsea (4-3-3): Forster; Porro, Romero, Dragusin, Udogie; Kulusevski, Bissouma, Sarr; Johnson, Solanke, Son.
Chelsea have a relatively clear invoice of well being heading into Sunday’s derby, though three gamers are at present lacking with hamstring points. Teen Omari Kellyman has been joined within the therapy room by defensive duo Reece James and Wesley Fofana in current weeks.
Mykhailo Mudryk can be unavailable on Sunday by sickness however the remainder of Chelsea’s deep squad is ready to function. With video games coming thick and quick for the Blues, Maresca could rotate once more at Spurs.
Nicolas Jackson was given the evening off throughout the 5-1 win over Southampton and whereas his deputy Christopher Nkunku impressed, the Senegalese ought to return to the beginning lineup following his unbelievable begin to the marketing campaign.
Elsewhere, Robert Sanchez ought to come again into the XI after Maresca declared that he was the primary throughout his pre-match press convention and Levi Colwill can even re-enter the again 4.
Chelsea predicted lineup vs Tottenham (4-2-3-1): Sanchez; Gusto, Tosin, Colwill, Cucurella; Caicedo, Fernandez; Madueke, Palmer, Neto; Jackson.
Tottenham usually save their greatest performances for the large event however accidents and a rising apathy in north London makes Chelsea agency favourites this weekend. The Blues are relentless scorers beneath Maresca and will punish a defence mild on personnel.
Spurs will all the time boast their very own attacking risk and are additionally more likely to unnerve a Chelsea defence that always take huge dangers. Nevertheless, confidence isn’t excessive for Spurs after three disappointing outcomes and their London rivals are primed to take benefit.
